[Red Mansion] Mrs. Lin, the Buddhist family

After reading Lin Ruhai's books, the great Confucian Liu Zhengqing immediately understood what Jia Shu wanted, and then immediately added annotations to the manuscripts he had accumulated over the years from his professors and students, and then found some examples by himself. Then they all were sent to the Marquis of Wen'an.

I don't know if he is really smarter than others, or if he really wants to push his favorite student to the front. In the two big boxes of manuscripts, Liu Zhengqing deliberately found some students including but not limited to Lin Ruhai who had written After reviewing the excellent articles and poems I have read, I wrote my own comments and recommendations, and then I wrote the manuscripts of two or three books.

Jia Shu had read it, but because he didn't know much about the literati in Daxia, he didn't know any of them except Lin Ruhai.

It was Lin Ruhai who sent a pile of books that were almost as tall as a person in the printing shop, and when he checked them, he found that those few books did not point out the problem, and were almost completely praised, and they were used as a publicity book for their group of proud students.

Seeing Jia Shu's bewildered face to the people inside, he explained to her seriously: "This Senior Brother Liu is one of the first batch of students taught by Master after he quit the officialdom in his twenties. Master once said, Brother Liu's talent in reading is the best he has ever seen. Unfortunately, after Senior Brother Liu entered the officialdom, the master cut off contact with him. My husband once talked to Senior Brother Liu, but found that he had put it in his belly All the rhetoric and articles have been forgotten, and I don't have much language for my husband."

"Senior brother Zhou is very talented in learning. Master admired him very much. Although he was not good at the imperial examination, he quickly chose to give up and is now traveling around. I heard from the master that brother Zhou is planning to write a travel note and travel a few more times. In [-], he was ready to return to his master and concentrate on studying knowledge."

"Senior brother Zhao, my master didn't mention it much, but he is now a second-rank official in the imperial court, and his official voice is excellent."

"This Senior Brother Liu..."

Jia Shu listened to it for a long time. Although he still didn't know who was who, he also understood the most important part of Lin Ruhai's words——

The articles in this book are all written by big bosses!

Her eyes were shining brightly, and even her enlarged belly couldn't hinder her actions in any way: "Ruhai, this book will definitely be more popular than those you wrote!"

Lin Ruhai was stunned for a moment, and looked at her suspiciously: "Isn't this a matter of course?"

Jia Shu leaned over to kiss the corner of his mouth, and before the blush on his face faded, he simply waved: "Next month, let's promote these books first!"

In a month's time, if you want to push out all the books, not to mention whether those students have the money to buy them all, the bookstore may not have enough staff.

Moreover, although the books written by Liu Zhengqing himself are not the same as the modern five-year college entrance examination and three-year simulation, she believes that the pain caused by these books is definitely not weaker than the five-year college entrance examination and three-year simulation.

Although she really wanted these ancient scholars to experience the feeling of being filled with all kinds of materials all the time, but at the beginning, it is better not to be too exaggerated, so as not to scare people away.

When it comes to the five-year college entrance examination and the three-year simulation, Jia Shu's mind suddenly recalls the life of the third year of high school that was tortured by various test questions, and the obsession that he had almost forgotten resurfaced again...

A chilling smile emerged from the corner of Jia Shu's mouth: "Husband, can you see the emperor now?"

Lin Ruhai shuddered, obviously Ruosang's tone was very gentle, but he felt that there was a conspiracy in it: "Why does Ruosang ask such a question?"

Jia Shu's eyes lit up: "I have a business here that I want to cooperate with the emperor, and I think the emperor will definitely not refuse."

Lin Ruhai's eyes widened: "What business?"

"Five years of spring and three years of imperial examination!"

Lin Ruhai: "...what do you mean?"

"Aren't all the examination papers for the spring and palace examinations taken away by the court every year, so that others can't easily see them?"

"so?"

"Your Majesty can sell the previous exam papers!" Jia Shu smiled, "Believe me, those scholars will definitely beg the Emperor to sell the test papers with money!"

Lin Ruhai: "..."

Although I think the lady's proposal is very good, and if it can be done, there will indeed be many people who will buy it——

If these examination papers were sold by the emperor before he passed the Jinshi examination, even if he was very sure about the scientific examination, he would have to spend money to buy one or two copies.

However, it was obviously a good thing, why did he feel so wrong?

Jia Shu blinked, with a pure face.

Lin Ruhai's problem is that now she has lingered on her face for a long time, and she can only tell that she really just thinks this is a good business that can make money.And the reason why he chose to cooperate with the emperor was because other than the emperor, no one else had the right to sell the examination papers of previous years.

Lin Ruhai hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded: "Because the Holy Majesty has not yet decided what kind of book he wants to compile, so during this period of time, he will summon the husband, the bachelor of the lecturer, the bachelor of the head of the academy, and other relevant officials of the court."

Therefore, during this period of time, he was able to meet Emperor Qisheng almost every day.

Jia Shu was even happier: "The husband mentioned this business when he met the Holy Majesty."

Lin Ruhai hesitated, but did not refuse.

Does Jia Shu really just want to make money and has no other small thoughts?

of course not!

Back then, when she was just an adult, she suddenly awakened her abilities, and then she was taken away by the country's ability-related departments for training, and then directly entered the combat department, mainly responsible for intelligence collection.

But after so many years, she is not without resentment——

Of course it is good to defend the country, but the time when she was taken away was too embarrassing!

In her previous life, her birthday was during the summer vacation. When she was 17, she happened to be in the third year of high school. Not to mention the five-year college entrance examination and the three-year simulation, it was the various supplementary books produced by Teacher Wang Houxiong and Teacher Qu Yixian. .

However, the hell mode before the college entrance examination is over, and her ability has awakened!She was taken away before she even saw the university notice!

It only needs to be one year earlier, and she doesn't need to experience the dark high school; only one year later, she can also enjoy the victory of the dark high school, spending a year in college.

But it's just such a coincidence, summer vacation, not much in one year, not less in one year!

How did Jia Shu feel when he was taken away?I feel that I have suffered in vain the previous year!

Now that the ancients can enjoy what they have experienced back then, she really...

So happy!

And from Lin Ruhai's tone, there are many great Confucians in this era, how can one Liu Zhengqing be enough?She must gather all the great Confucians who are still alive in the Great Xia Dynasty, and let them publish books like Liu Daru!Lots of books!

Don't be too happy to make money while letting other people experience the pain of their own years.

-

When Lin Ruhai saw Emperor Qisheng, he hesitated to speak.

Emperor Qisheng didn't react at first, so he was about to ask, and the words were on the verge of his mouth, but he suddenly remembered Lin Ruhai's expression when he asked him to discuss the business of the Makeup Pavilion.

Some resemblance.

Just think that he is thinking too much, but if it is true, Lin Ruhai will ask him again if he wants to do business...

He and Lin Ruhai were not the only ones who went to the study room. If his image in front of all the officials was damaged, he would really kill someone!

Fortunately, Lin Ruhai was not stupid. He didn't speak until the day's work was discussed.

Emperor Qisheng breathed a sigh of relief, and directly left Lin Ruhai behind: "But do you have something to play?"

Lin Ruhai's eyebrows jumped, and he said, "I have a business and want to cooperate with the Holy One, but I'm not sure about it."

Emperor Qisheng raised his eyebrows: "Aiqing, tell me first!"

"Weichen's home bookstore has recently sold a few books, and readers are very welcome. But other bookstores will not sit idly by. Weichen heard that other bookstores have started contacting other champions, etc., and also came up with a few books to share with them. My family is fighting in the arena."

Emperor Qisheng looked a little strange: "Could it be that Aiqing wants me to publish the book in your bookstore?"

Lin Ruhai was thinking about what to say, when he was hit by Emperor Qisheng's words and his brain was stunned.After hesitating for a moment, his tone was a little uncertain: "It seems that it is also possible?"

Emperor Qisheng: "What's your tone? Is the book I wrote not as good as yours?"

Lin Ruhai hurriedly knelt down: "This humble minister is terrified!"

Fortunately, Emperor Qisheng didn't care, and after waving him to get up, he asked, "Say, what is the business you're talking about?"

Emperor Qisheng could see that it was his bold wife's idea that Lin Ruhai would find him, and she definitely didn't want to write a book by herself.

He was puzzled, as an emperor, could it be that the number of people who wrote books were not as many as those bought by Lin Ruhai?

But after thinking about it, he still decided not to ask and find it boring.

Lin Ruhai thought about it carefully, and then he said like Emperor Qisheng: "I used to be a teacher of Liu Zhengqing, a great Confucian, and studied under him for nearly five years. One, inviting the Master to publish a book."

Emperor Qisheng put his hands into his arms, and suddenly lost expression.

Hearing this, hasn't the problem of the Lin Family Bookstore been resolved?Why are you looking for him?Do you want him to give him a plaque and use him as a backer?

The things bestowed by the emperor are naturally the rarer and more precious. If this one gives something, that one gives something, this store gives a plaque, that store gives a plaque...

Who still takes things from the imperial court seriously?

Furthermore, the Lin Family Bookstore is running well, yet it offers him bonuses as a backer...

Even if you want to please him, you can't use such a straightforward method!

Lin Ruhai didn't know anything about what was going on in Emperor Qisheng's mind. He continued to talk about Jia Shu's thoughts, "It's just that Master is eager to educate people, so he sent dozens of manuscripts directly."

Emperor Qisheng opened his eyes slightly: "Dozens of books? Liu Zhengqing hasn't taught and educated people for so many years, so he wrote all the articles?"

Lin Ruhai bowed his head: "That's not the case. Master doesn't care about fame and wealth. Most of the manuscripts sent are written by us students who have studied under Master. Master just wrote comments on them."

Emperor Qisheng nodded: "This is how he lives up to his reputation as a great Confucian."

"It's just that after reading it, the lady always feels that something is missing."

Emperor Qisheng was stunned. Dozens of books are not enough?Just thinking about the combined height of those books, he completely lost the desire to buy them back and read them.

Lin Ruhai's wife didn't think it was enough?

Is she crazy because she wants to make money, or does she have a grudge against the students under his rule?

"It was only later that she remembered that there were no examination papers in these books."

Emperor Qisheng: "...examination paper?"

"The exam questions for the spring exam and the palace exam every three years, the lady thinks that a book can be published."

After Lin Ruhai said this, he lowered his head in embarrassment.

Although she felt that this was good for the majority of students, the lady directly related it to the business. She didn't feel it before, but when she mentioned it in front of Emperor Qisheng, she always felt that it was not very good.

Emperor Qisheng didn't know Lin Ruhai's thoughts, and he didn't know the little Jiujiu in Jia Shu's heart. He just thought: "Not only can I earn money, but also let the students under my rule have another way to learn, so that the court can better select talents. It's a good thing!"

Lin Ruhai raised his head with a smile in his eyes: "Your Majesty agrees?"

Emperor Qisheng was about to nod, but suddenly stopped.

Lin Ruhai's mood suddenly became tense, but Emperor Qisheng asked him, "Only the questions for the Chunwei and Palace Examinations? Not for the Qiuwei? Not for the County Examination?"

Lin Ruhai's eyes widened: "Do you want Qiu Wei's too?"

There is also the county examination...

"Your Majesty, how many books are you planning to publish?"

"How many books can be produced?" Emperor Qisheng smiled, "We can't let the majority of students think that the imperial court only values ​​scholars who have achieved the fame of Jinshi and Gongshi, and the imperial court also values ​​scholars and scholars!"

Lin Ruhai: "..."

If the look in your eyes is not the same as when you heard that you can get a [-]% bonus from the makeup shop for nothing, he will almost believe it.

Since then, Qi Shengdi's image of "Ming Jun" in Lin Ruhai's heart has completely collapsed, leaving only the impression of "death for money".

Sure enough, the mother and the lady were right, and His Majesty was indeed very poor.

-

Lin Ruhai returned home and told Jia Shu what Emperor Qisheng had said.

If it wasn't for worrying about the child in his belly, Jia Shu would have jumped up directly: "Is the emperor not enmity with those students?"

At this moment, the brain circuits of Jia Shu and Emperor Qisheng collided strangely.

Lin Ruhai was a little puzzled: "How to say?"

Jia Shu patted Lin Ruhai's shoulder with a look of coming, "Husband, if I remember correctly, the second year after the provincial examination is Chunwei?"

Lin Ruhai nodded: "Indeed. The rural examination is also called Qiuwei, which is held every three years in August; the general examination is also called Chunwei, which is held in February of the next year of the rural examination, and the palace examination is held in April of the same year."

"I remember that the second elder brother Zheng just left for Jinling to prepare for the provincial examination?"

Lin Ruhai hasn't reacted yet: "Yes."

"So, if the book store publishes a copy of "Qiu Wei Exam Questions" next month, do you think those who return to their hometowns to catch the exam will buy the book?"

Without waiting for Lin Ruhai to answer, Jia Shu continued, "But even our book shop, it is impossible to spread this book all over Daxia's book shop within a month? If you hear about this book, there is nowhere to go." Buy it, but there are some places where you can buy it, and some students with good connections and family background can also ask someone to buy it..."

Wouldn't those readers who didn't buy it really feel flustered?

Feeling flustered before the exam, Emperor Qisheng probably thinks that these scholars' mental endurance is too good, so he wants to train them?

Lin Ruhai also came back to his senses, and immediately became anxious, picking up the official robe that had not been taken off, and was about to go to the palace.

Jia Shu quickly took his hand: "There is no rush, we haven't even seen the shadow of Qiu Wei's test questions, and it's still early to publish the book."

Lin Ruhai breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that the "Five Years of Spring and Three Years Palace Examination", which was originally intended to poison the "senior year" students, is afraid that I will add a few more "Five Years of Autumn", "Do Before the House Examination", "Don't Panic for the County Examination"...

Sympathize with the scholars of the Great Xia Dynasty for three seconds, no more.

-

Although Emperor Qisheng loves to make money, he is also a good emperor who loves the people like his son, so after Lin Ruhai raised an objection, he felt it was justified, so he temporarily put aside his plan to poison the students who were preparing to take the provincial examination.

It's just that there is still a long time before the general examination and palace examination, and Emperor Qisheng does not intend to let go of this opportunity.

Within a few days, Emperor Qisheng sorted out all the examination papers of all the palace examinations since the establishment of the Great Xia Dynasty, and sent them to Wen'anhou Mansion.

Those who didn't know it thought that Emperor Qisheng was interested in Lin Ruhai's family, so he gave a box of rewards.

But those who knew it looked at the box of test papers with tears in their eyes.

Jia Shu turned his head and looked at Lin Ruhai whose eyes were red for some reason, with a dazed expression on his face.

Yes, it was him.

Lin Ruhai didn't really want to cry, but felt a little emotional: "I didn't expect my husband to send all the test questions over the years..."

Jia Shu blinked: "Isn't this a good thing?"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Lin Ruhai to open his mouth, people began to classify the content of the test paper.

The ancient scientific examination papers are quite scientific, and the modern examination papers basically have all the question types except for the multiple choice questions.

What about filling in the blanks, understanding, poetry, policy theory...

Can't we just print blank test papers and sell them?In that case, Emperor Qisheng might as well let the artisans raised in his Huangzhuang directly print and publish books without having to share the money with the Lin family.

"Memorize the same question types together, eliminate repetitive and simple ones, and sort them out to see how many there are."

Jia Shu looked at Lin Ruhai again: "My husband, if you are free, you can also read these test papers, and then try to produce a few sets of test papers yourself, and then print them directly as a gift for these books. send them"

Lin Ruhai was quite happy at first, but then he hesitated: "My husband has only passed the Jinshi examination for two years, and I am not qualified enough to write questions for other students."

Jia Shu took his hand and walked towards the door of the study, saying as he walked, "What's the matter? It's not that you are asked to write questions for the Chunwei and Palace Examinations. You just want to have fun. If you are happy, the people who buy the books will also be happy." I won't feel anything."

Anyway, it is a gift, the quality of the test questions is good, it is the luck of the person who bought the book, and can test the distance between himself and Jinshi by the way; if the quality of the test questions is not good, he should test whether there are any gaps in his knowledge.

Of course, if the test paper is welcomed by other students, it can also accumulate qualifications for Lin Ruhai, and he may be able to participate in the imperial examination in the future.

Lin Ruhai was persuaded by Jia Shu, and then, as if he had been beaten to death, he went into the study to look up the test papers every day when he returned from collecting value, and even the errand that Emperor Qisheng asked him to compile books was not as attentive as usual.

Of course, no matter how much he paid attention to the test papers, Lin Ruhai did not forget about Jia Shu. After dinner every day, he would accompany Jia Shu around the garden, and then come back to wash up. Only when Jia Shu fell asleep would he enter the study again. .

Lin Ruhai is so cautious about the test questions he writes, when the finished product comes out, the quality will naturally be very good.

Time flies, and soon came the second month.

According to Jia Shu's arrangement, it was compiled by Liu Zhengqing Daru, and it basically contained the works of his favorite students he had taught, and it was published.

As before, the shopkeepers of the three Lin family bookstores did not need Jia Shu's instructions, so they found the little beggars who had been hired to promote the new book and went around the streets to promote the new book.

Different from Lin Ruhai's previous works with simple titles, Liu Zhengqing, the great Confucianist, gave his books a particularly elegant name.

Therefore, what these little beggars yelled when they walked through the streets became Lin Ruhai's specially written poems.

Easy to understand and catchy.

Even people who don't understand the poetry can understand the meaning.

Those self-proclaimed literati are obviously more willing to eat this Amway.

Moreover, this book also mentioned Lin Ruhai, Liu Zhengqing, a great Confucian, and the second-rank official of the imperial court...

Even if you just buy it and take a look at it at home!

Scholars from the capital flocked here, and there was a long snake-like queue in front of the Lin Family Bookstore, which was a bit deserted after January.

Fortunately, this time the printing workshop has sufficient inventory, and there is no problem of insufficient books.

Liu Daru thinks that the articles and poems are good, how can others find faults?

With a better reputation than the books written by Lin Ruhai, not to mention the scholars, even the daughters and wives of those aristocratic families who have read the books have sent someone to buy a few poems.

As Jia Shu had predicted, the sales of these books were better than those of Lin Ruhai's books in the two days when they were placed in the Lin Family Bookstore.

Before the popularity of these books cooled down, the Lin Family Bookstore launched a new book again——

A set of five teaching aids for teaching Mongolian children how to learn, let me know?

Every few days, a set of ten textbooks to guide children's study, do you know?

wait……

Because of this wave of book bombing, the scholars in the capital have a good acceptance of the word "teaching supplementary book".

But no one was willing to wait any longer, all the scholars gathered in the capital came to their door one by one, and the Lin Family Bookstore had to put out all the supplementary books that taught scholars and Juren how to learn and correct mistakes!

As for the method of pushing out the books step by step in the Lin Family Bookstore, it made those scholars who are already talented scholars scratch their hearts and lungs——

If they really had to take their time like this, they would have to wait a long time before they could get the book they wanted!

Knowing that the Lin family bookstore has those books, but can only wait until they can't be bought, who wants to?

however……

"Returning to masters, there are indeed follow-up books, but the owner will not let them sell them for the time being." Shopkeeper Hu looked at the crowd of scholars gathered in front of the door in distress, and sighed, "I think everyone has discovered that these books are Liu Zhengqing and Liu Daru wrote the books for the future of all students, not only for the young talents, but also for the books that the masters who raise people want, Liu Daru also wrote."

"Why don't you take it out and sell it quickly? If it delays our time, can you afford it?"

Shopkeeper Hu looked bitter: "Have you forgotten that in a few months, Qiu Wei will start?"

Those who can come to the door to urge books must be mostly scholars who have already obtained the fame of juren. Most of their attention has become Chun Wei, who cares about Qiu Wei?

But it's not that there are no candidates who are about to participate in Qiuwei.

"Because of this, shouldn't the store quickly sell all the follow-up books? We just wait to read these books so that we can win a good ranking in the next autumn."

Shopkeeper Hu quickly explained: "However, the Lin Family Bookstore has limited manpower, and there is no way to distribute these books to other places simultaneously in a short period of time. The master thinks that only the capital has teaching supplementary books, which is unfair to students from other places, so they I plan to wait for the Lin family bookshops in other places to get the books, and then set a time to sell them together."

As soon as the words came out, although the other students were unwilling, they felt that there was nothing to blame, so they could only keep silent.

It's just that everyone was not reconciled, so they just stood at the door of the Lin family bookstore and refused to leave.

But there are always one or two people who are not clear-headed, and there is never a shortage of people who are not clear-headed and selfish.

Everyone was quiet for a while, and then someone couldn't hold back and lost his temper at Shopkeeper Hu: "How can you only care about the students from other places and not consider us in the capital? Isn't the owner of the Lin Family Bookstore also from the capital? People from the same village in the capital are looking for well-being, but they think about people from other places?"

The scholar's words naturally attracted other people's contemptuous gazes, but after all, it involved their own interests. Although others were contemptuous, they did not open their mouths to criticize at this time.

Shopkeeper Hu was stunned for a moment, looked at the scholar who spoke, and said with some unknown attitude: "This gentleman may not know that my master's surname is Lin, and his ancestral home is Gusu, and he is not from the capital."

That scholar: "..."

Seeing that it was impossible for the Lin family bookstore to sell the remaining books as they wanted, the others had to scatter and leave.

The business of the Lin family bookstore is booming, which naturally attracts the attention of other bookstore owners and shopkeepers.

This time it's not the same as before.

Although the Lin Family Bookstore ate enough meat last time, other bookstores also drank soup because of the inventory.But this time, the other bookstores didn't even get any light from the Lin Family Bookstore.

It is inevitable that some people will be jealous.They didn't match up with the Lin Family Bookshop, instead, they asked people to go to the Lin Family Bookstore to buy the books that were put out for sale this month, and then they made the plates themselves, and quietly printed the books for sale.

Although because of the finished product, I didn't make much money, but the quantity is large, and the money earned should not be underestimated.

The three shopkeepers quickly noticed the strangeness in the sales, and then went directly to Jia Shu.

After Jia Shu knew about it, he thought: Isn’t it a pirated version?

But even in modern times with copyright protection laws, piracy has been repeatedly banned, let alone ancient times.

Jia Shu thought for a while and asked, "Has sales dropped much?"

After the three shopkeepers looked at each other, shopkeeper Chen spoke first: "Go back to the Countess, because everyone knows that the Lin Family Bookstore is behind the Marquis of Wen'an, and no one dared to go too far, so the sales volume did not drop too much. "

The key is based on the pricing of the Lin Family Bookstore. The money earned from those books is not that much. If other people do pirated editions, the price can only be set lower than that of the Lin Family.

But the pirated version is just to make money, if the setting is too low, they will not make much money at all.Therefore, the selling prices of those bookstores that were secretly printed by themselves were not much lower than those of the Lin Family Bookstore.

The key quality is not as good as the books of Linjiashusi.

When the two reasons are added together, naturally there will not be too many scholars who are willing to go to other bookstores to buy books.

Jia Shu nodded: "That's all right."

"Have you set the time for the remaining books?" Jia Shu asked, "Wait another half a month, and as long as there are no accidents, bookstores in other places can also start selling them."

As before, after Liu Daru's book was published in volume, Jia Shu had someone send it to other bookstores.The ones that are close are now on sale, and the ones that are far away have almost received samples and are ready to print.

When the three shopkeepers heard this, they each calculated the time in their hearts, and said in unison: "Then sell them together at the end of the month."

Jia Shu nodded.

-

After dealing with the bookstore, Jia Shu was free.

At this time, Jia Shu's belly was almost six months old.

The supplementary book written by Liu Daru to teach Juren how to take the imperial examination has been on sale at the end of last month.To Jia Shu's surprise, this set of books turned out to be the best seller.

But thinking about it, it's not surprising.After all, the purpose of most people's reading is to get titles on the gold list, and the content of this set of books is obviously the closest to the titles on the gold list.

Even if you can't understand it temporarily when you buy it home, you can motivate yourself and feel at ease if you leave it alone.

And this month, the "Five Years of Spring and Three Years Palace Examination" co-authored with Emperor Qisheng will soon be published.

But because Jia Shu's belly was already as big as someone else's in August and September, Lin's mother and Lin Ruhai didn't allow her to bother with the bookstore anymore.Even if you just sit and come up with ideas.

Jia Shu either sleeps or walks in the yard all day——

Jia Shu has been deprived of the right to go to the garden because of his big belly.

Jia Shu was so bored that he was going crazy.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the news of Jia Zheng's failure in the provincial examination came...

"Second Brother Zheng really failed the provincial examination? You gave him so many books, and he also failed?" Jia Shu leaned on Lin Ruhai's shoulder, his tone gloating.

Although Lin Ruhai felt that Jia Shu should not speak of Jia Zheng in such a tone, he was also a little speechless when he thought of the news that Jia Zheng had failed the ranking.

"The Duke himself told the husband, presumably there will be no falsehood."

Jia Shu's eyes were shining brightly: "Do we need to go to Rongguo Mansion?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head: "Not to mention that the second uncle has not returned to Beijing, even if the second uncle has returned to Rongguo Mansion, we shouldn't go there at this time."

This is not to comfort, this is to poke Jia Zheng's lungs!

Who made Lin Ruhai such a badass?

But Lin Ruhai was thinking about Jia Zheng, and he didn't think of going to the Rongguo Mansion to poke his lung tube, but when Jia Zheng returned in January, when he mentioned Lin Ruhai to Rong Guogong, his tone was full of resentment.

"Father, brother-in-law Lin gave my son two boxes of books, and my son thought he was doing it for my own good. Who knows, not long after, all the students in Jinling had a set of books. What do you think brother-in-law Lin is up to?"

When Jia Zhengcai returned to Rongguo Mansion, he ran to Jia Daishan angrily and cried.Because of the exhaustion of the journey, the whole person looks disheveled, unshaven, and very embarrassed.

If he was in front of Jia Shishi, his behavior would only make her feel bad.

But when Jia Daishan saw him like this, he just felt hurt: "When I got home, I didn't want to wash up and rest, but ran to my father to sue your brother-in-law. Jia Zheng, you are really capable!"

Jia Zheng regained his spirits and quickly lowered his head, as if he just realized that his dusty appearance is not suitable for meeting people.

He hurriedly left the hall and returned to his room.

When Mrs. Wang heard that Jia Zheng was coming home soon, she had already ordered hot water to be boiled, thinking that when he came back, he could take a bath immediately to wash away the dust.Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, even Zhou Rui came back, but there was no sign of Jia Zheng.

Mrs. Wang called Zhou Rui over: "Where is your second political master?"

"Back to Second Mistress Zheng, as soon as Second Master Zheng entered the Rongguo Mansion, he headed towards the Duke's courtyard. I don't know what Second Master Zheng is going to do?"

Wang was stunned: "When he returned to Rongguo Mansion, he didn't want to wash up, but ran to the Duke's yard? What does he want to do?"

"What do you care about me?" Jia Zheng returned to the courtyard and heard Wang's voice. He was already in a bad mood, so it was inevitable that he would anger Wang.

Mrs. Wang held her breath very much, but she could only hold her breath because she was concerned about his identity.

Jia Zheng glanced at Mrs. Wang, then turned to the charming Aunt Zhou: "Is the hot water ready?"

Aunt Zhou glanced at Mrs. Wang, then lowered her head and sneered, "Perhaps grandma is ready."

Wang gritted her teeth: "The hot water has been put away, Er Ye can just use it."

Jia Zheng snorted impatiently and went straight to the ear room.

Halfway through, Jia Zheng turned around and said, "Aunt Zhou, why don't you come over to serve?"

Aunt Zhou's expression became more and more complacent, and she replied repeatedly: "Yes."

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Two days later, thinking that Jia Zheng should have come out of the shadow of Qiuwei's defeat, Lin Ruhai took Jia Shu to Rongguo's mansion.

Mother Lin didn't want Jia Shu to go out at first, but Rongguo Mansion was Jia Shu's natal family after all, and this time it was about Jia Shu's second brother's imperial examination, so she couldn't justify not going there.

Jia Shu didn't care what others said about her, but she was really suffocated during this time, so she pretended not to see Lin's mother's sad eyes, put Lin Ruhai's arm on the carriage to Rongguo Mansion.

When the two arrived at Rongguo Mansion, Jia Daishan, Jia She and Jia Zheng were both there.

The two saluted, and the others returned the salute.

Perhaps it was because Zhang's family gave birth to a son not long ago, and now Jia She has a good impression of Jia Shu, who is also pregnant. After returning the gift, he walked to Lin Ruhai's side: "Brother-in-law Lin, is my sister's stomach all right?"

Lin Ruhai stared: "Brother!"

Jia Amnesty came to his senses, and quickly slapped himself: "Blame me for being outspoken!"

After Lin Ruhai's expression softened, he asked again: "My sister is pregnant with twins, why don't you let her rest at home? With such a big belly, what if something happens?"

Lin Ruhai wanted to shut Jia She's mouth, but he also knew that Jia She really cared about Jia Shu.

Jia Shu didn't feel anything. Seeing Lin Ruhai holding his breath, he said directly, "I've been in the room for a while, and I want to come out to get some air."

Jia Amnesty frowned: "You should still pay attention to safety!"

Jia Daishan looked at Jia Amnesty, his eyes became warmer.

He has always felt that his eldest son is more than successful, but not pioneering enough, so he is not a good candidate for successor.But sometimes I feel that, with Rongguo Mansion's current powerful position, it is already the best result for Jia Amnesty to be able to keep it.

Therefore, although Jia Daishan does not love Jia Amnesty, from the perspective of heir, he is quite satisfied.

But after Min'er learned about the future outcome of Rongguo Mansion, he felt a little headache for Jia Amnesty——

As far as the heir of the Rongguo Mansion is concerned, Jia Amnesty is qualified, but the key is that he is a bit foolish to Jia Shishi, no matter how ridiculous Jia Shishi's arrangement is, Jia Amnesty will follow through.

Even if this arrangement is for Jia Zheng to live in Rongxi Hall, which represents the owner of Rongguo Mansion.

Jia Daishan had been thinking about how to correct Jia She's temperament, but now seeing his attitude towards Jia Shu, he suddenly felt that it seemed unnecessary.

It is a good thing for the Jia family that Jia Amnesty has a rare heart for his relatives.

If you really want to change...

Jia Daishan looked away, looked at Jia Shishi's courtyard, and thought to himself: There is always a way, if it is impossible, when he died, he dragged Jia Shishi directly to be buried!